Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.

Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

A hungry man, an angry man.

A hungry man, an angry man.

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

In a retreat the lame are formost.

In a retreat the lame are formost.